Do one thing (or more) that scares you
My recent book talks and book trails went very well, and thank you to everyone who has asked about them. It didn’t even rain on the book trails, which was nothing short of a miracle! I enjoyed all of...
View ArticlePaisley’s Weaver Poets
Ok, perhaps a bit of a niche subject, but something I came across while working on Hugh MacDonald’s Rambles Round Glasgow (he knew a lot of poets, as well as being a poet himself), and thought I might...
View ArticleMy top three reads
I’m planning to cover 2023’s reading in my usual “year in review” post, but this is slightly different. Book recommendation site Shepherd asked me for my top three reads of the last 12 months, October...
View Article‘Rambling Round Victorian Glasgow’ talk
Just a quick one to say that I’m giving a talk to the Old Glasgow Club this Thursday, 9th November, at the Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, G2 4JP. The talk is called Rambling Round Victorian Glasgow...
View ArticleReturn to the Hellmouth
In other words, my top ten episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Or of Buffy, Slayer of Vampyres. (Yes, that episode will be making the list.) I saw Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS) when it initially...
View ArticleGingerbread creations
How is your Christmas prep coming along? Mine is going pretty well. All the presents are bought, wrapped and sent; the cards have been posted; and I have applied my Christmassy nail wraps (a very...
View ArticleMy year in review – 2023
It’s not been a great year for me. All work and not enough play made Karen a dull girl in 2023; Artemis’s avian romance ended in tragedy; and there was the major disappointment of not getting...
View ArticleBack to the Bubble
A wee photo post for you, because I was called upon this week to go to Glenrothes for work. It is not the most photogenic of locations, being one of those ugly new towns that are all shopping centres...
View ArticleActing and Reacting
I suppose in the same way that if you write you’re a writer, if you make YouTube videos you’re a YouTuber. I know my nieces think I’m a YouTuber, and I have made quite a few videos, but I’ve never...
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